Word: tumor
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...these normal cells may turn tumorous and begin to divide very rapidly, expanding to the size of a pin prick. The normal cells that surround the tumor get pushed outward by the proliferating cancer cells. There are two likely outcomes from this condition: Figure 3A or Figure...
...tumor becomes blood starved & stops growing, or 3B: it increases in size by recruiting more capillaries to feed it, a state known as angiogenesis...
...Medical School research has already gone beyond academic circles and penetrated the ranks of corporate cancer laboratories, Ingber says, as many companies are beginning to focus their anti-cancer divisions on the tumor-repressing approach...
...opens up a whole new frontier in cancer therapy," says Ingber, who co-authored a December paper in Nature which identified the fumagillin fungus as an anti-tumor agent...
Folkman likens this tumor expansion process to the construction of an apartment complex on the spot where a lone house once stood. The plumbing and electricity--meaning the cell's blood--must be improved dramatically, since the apartment's residents cannot survive on the much fewer resources of the old house...